Senior Counsel, Risk

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Why join us</strong></p> <p>Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek.</p> <p>Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.</p></div><p><strong>Legal at Brex</strong></p> <p>The Legal team helps the company grow responsibly, advocating for Brex and for the thousands of growing businesses we serve. We provide strategic advice and guidance to all Brex teams, protect Brex, advise on risk, and represent the company externally, negotiating with partners and interacting with regulators. Reimagining the financial system in a highly regulated environment requires creativity and resourcefulness, and we welcome the challenge.</p> <p><strong>Where you’ll work</strong></p> <p>This role will be based in our San Francisco office.<strong> </strong>We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!</p> <p><strong>What you'll do</strong></p> <p>As Risk Counsel, you will own the legal response to the moments that matter most: disputes, incidents, collections, and regulatory inquiries. You will be the connective tissue between Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and our product teams when things go wrong, and you will drive them to resolution. Specifically, you will:</p> <ul> <li>Manage pre-litigation matters end to end, including demand letters, disputes with customers, vendors, and counterparties, and early case assessment, working with outside counsel where escalation is warranted</li> <li>Lead the legal resolution of account and funds ownership disputes, including competing claims to accounts, de